It’s time to switch off your phone, ignore those impertinent text messages and focus on some cricket. Away from the tension and intrigue at Lord’s, the England Lions are in action against Australia A and the young tyros will be looking to take the opportunity of reminding the selectors that there

Sir Alex Ferguson is adamant that Manchester United remain the team to beat despite admitting that he is finally having to slow down after his recent health scare. In a wide-ranging interview on United’s pre-season tour to South Africa, the 70-year-old also urged Luis Suárez to take responsibility

There is only one championship match today with the weather finally relenting for the final day of the rain-interrupted game between Northamptonshire and Glamorgan. Click on the box below for updates. Northamptonshire v Glamorgan scoreboard Pat Gibson Live: County Cricket

Craig Bellamy has broken ranks to reveal that he has been selected for the Great Britain squad at the Olympics. The make-up of the squad has been a closely guarded secret, with Stuart Pearce set to reveal his full squad for the Games this week. Bellamy admitted that he was “supposed to keep it

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A sports agent and a cricketer lost Court of Appeal challenges against match-fixing convictions today. Mazhar Majeed, 36, and Mervyn Westfield, the former Essex bowler who became the first county cricketer in England to be prosecuted for spot-fixing, were jailed in separate cases. Lord Chief

Mario Monti, the Italian Prime Minister, has suggested that football should be suspended for two to three years in the wake of the latest match-fixing scandal. “I’m not making a proposal and even less so a governmental one but it is something that sometimes I wish for as someone who has loved

Tim Bresnan is often the forgotten man of the England bowling attack. When people talk about the pace attack they focus on James Anderson and Stuart Broad, but there is always one other. More often than not, that “other” is Tim Bresnan and in West Indies’ second innings he showed why Andy Flower

Swansea City are on the verge of completing the signing of Gylfi Sigurdsson after a £6.8 million transfer fee was accepted by Hoffenheim and the player agreed personal terms. The 22-year-old will have a medical this week before the deal can be officially finalised, according to a statement from